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Tuesday, November 5, 2024
Arkansas-Little Rock, San Diego State, Tennessee-Chattanooga, Valparaiso, Wichita State. All five share a lot in common as teams who are highly questionable to receive bids to this year’s NCAA tourney if they don’t win their conference tournaments. Those five also share something else in common, though: all will finish the season as sole, undisputed champions of conferences that play a double round-robin schedule.
Another day, more top teams go down as a record is set in that category. Plus a busy day in the Big Ten and Pac-12, and an important conference title is clinched outright – barely.
The Ivy League race may be thinning out on the last light Friday of the season. Plus a meaningless reprimand, a new coaching contract and a coaching job gets posted, and the gridiron beckons for a bruising Big 12 post player.
This Friday night was not so ho-hum with three big matchups on tap. Plus ACC teams will be minus some manpower, and an arrest in Illinois is the latest in a tough season.
Neither Oakland nor Iona are likely to win the regular season championship in their respective conferences. It also should surprise just about no one if either or both are in the NCAA Tournament a month from now.
Dayton is having success it hasn’t had before, and it continued on Friday. Plus a controversial call has a new twist, one suspended player will return while another is now long gone.
In our latest conversation, we look at the great balance that continues and what it could mean with the NCAA Tournament, along with a controversial call earlier this week and a few other notes from around the country.
The Ivy League takes center stage with a big showdown that included a new record. Plus big news on an off-court matter, top teams hold serve in one conference, and a suspension and departure affect two teams.
This season, there are no surprises when a top-5 team goes down. Frankly, it’s also almost never a surprise when Louisville is the group defeating such a highly ranked squads. Still, the Cardinals’ 71-65 win over No. 2-ranked North Carolina on Monday was bigger than some and maybe most this year.
If you haven’t seen any BYU games yet this year, you should. In fact, you should see as many of them as possible. The end of Kyle Collinsworth’s college career is near, and when it’s finished college basketball will lose one of the truly unique players it has had in many years.
